I noticed that my Guzzi already has the ball joint and threaded bar conversion, so someone in its past has played in this direction, I shall set too and remove all the play, and see where that leads me.
They have us booked in for a sunny day tomorrow, Jan the 1st, 2013. So maybe I can get out for a ride without the need for water wings.

Do any of you guys have a parts diagram for the early v7 forks, my forks don't have an external drain screw? just trying to find out what I need to replace, as I have a fork oil leak...

All Loop forks have a drain screw (unless someone has plugged the hole for some stupid reason). It's located on the lug where the rear brace of the front fender attaches to the fork lower/slider.

Places for leaks and what to do about them:
- drain screw - replace fiber sealing washer
- big o-ring at the top of the slider, where the chrome seal holder threads on - replace o-ring
- around the crimped area of the seal holder - apply JB Weld to the insidehttp://thisoldtractor.com/gtbender/m...t_crimped_area
- fork seal - replace
- top plug o-ring - replace

I bought my Guzzi some late model inlet stubs, the ones with the raised section, so yesterday I drilled and tapped these for use with carb balancer fittings. All finished off with nice polished 5mm dome head allen screws and copper washers.